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MINNEAPOLIS - Yan Gomes homered and drove in four runs to help the Cleveland Indians advance in the AL wild-card race by beating the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on a rainy Saturday night. Iman Shumpert Jersey . The Indians are 3 1/2 games out of the second wild-card spot after Oakland, Kansas City and Seattle all lost ahead of them earlier in the day. The start of the game was delayed for more than two hours because of rain. Gomes, who had three hits, broke it open with a three-run homer off Trevor May (3-5) in the fifth inning that made it 7-2. T.J. House (4-3) was removed after Joe Mauer and Kennys Vargas singled to start the sixth. Zach McAllister came in and struck out the side. Brian ozier had three hits for Minnesota, including his 21st homer in the eighth. All seven of Clevelands runs came with two outs against May. Mike Aviles hit a two-run triple, Michael Bourn and Gomes added RBI singles. The Indians finish the series Sunday at Target Field, then resume a suspended game Monday against Kansas City. Cleveland leads 4-2 in the bottom of the 10th. TRAINERS ROOM Indians: 2B Jason Kipnis remains day-to-day with a hamstring injury. He hasnt played since Thursday. Twins: All-Star closer Glen Perkins, shut down for the season on Friday with a left forearm strain and secondary nerve irritation, said hes pitched through discomfort the last month. The injury lowered his velocity and limited use of his slider. He will rest for a couple weeks, then meet with the Twins training staff in early October to develop a strengthening and maintenance program. ... CF Aaron Hicks was scratched from the lineup with back stiffness. UP NEXT Corey Kluber (16-9, 2.54) starts for Cleveland on Sunday against Anthony Swarzak (3-1, 4.42). Kluber struck out a career-high 14 in his last start against Houston, the first Indians pitcher to fan at least 14 since Bartolo Colon on May 29, 1998. Swarzak will be making this third start of the season and 30th of his career. As a starter, the right-hander is 7-17 with a 5.85 ERA. Stephon Marbury Jersey . Pinch-hitter Tommy Medica singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 in their first home game since Gwynn died of cancer Monday. Brooklyn Nets Shirts . Anderson shook off some unusually poor shooting and hit two clutch 3-pointers in overtime that carried the New Orleans Pelicans to a 111-106 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.The Chicago Bears have signed former Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver Chris Williams from the New Orleans Saints practice squad. Williams spent the past 12 weeks on the Saints practice squad, after he and the TiCats had settled their arbitration case in October. TSN Reporter Farhan Lalji confirms that Bears head coach Marc Trestman, who saw Williams exploits in the CFL first hand during his time as thee head coach of the Montreal Alouettes, was instrumental in Williams signing with Chicago. Drazen Petrovic Jersey. Williams will be on the Bears 53 man roster this week. According to Lalji, Williams was given a $100,000 signing bonus from the Bears. He also earned the NFL minimum salary while with the Saints, despite only being on the practice roster, so his total compensation for 2013 will be $300,000. ' ' '